Niel couldn't sleep all night. Not because he had broken up with Intan, but because he had kissed Zee again. Maybe he was crazy for kissing Zee first. Wasn't that harassment? But why didn't Zee refuse? Niel felt confused. He needed to straighten out what had happened between him and Zee.
How could he touch someone's wife? Or if Zeevanka had indeed divorced her old husband, how could she erase the wound of the past that kept haunting her head?
"Zeevanka Bella, you're really driving me crazy!" he complained to himself.
A few days ago, Zee had mentioned that he would always know wherever Niel was. So, Niel wanted to test Zeevanka's words by being alone in the park again. This time, he deliberately chose a quieter place because there were many things he wanted to confirm.
Niel waited anxiously. Almost half an hour passed but Zee hadn't shown up yet. Perhaps, their incident yesterday was just a mistake so Zee was already reluctant to see him again. Until Niel was about to give up, he suddenly found the figure he would later with different clothes.
Yes, a Zeevanka Bella who lately deliberately dressed sexy with quite striking makeup, this time dressed elegantly with only a little polish. Her face this time looked fresher until Niel was almost mesmerized to death. Oh my, Zee is so beautiful.
Honestly, rather than Zee having to look like a bitch, Niel much preferred Zee's current look. This look was similar to how Zee used to look. Where Zee dressed feminine, but still gave the impression of being polite and comfortable to look at.
The woman's face was also different from Zee's figure a few days ago. If a few days ago Zee was still trying to show a seductive expression, this time, Zee showed her true side; calm, calm, and elegant. It was undeniable that Niel seemed to feel the old seeds of love that he had been harboring.
"Zee..." Niel softly drifted into the deepest feeling possible.
Zee seemed to blush at Niel's stunned call. Then, she sat down next to him. How was this? Today Niel decided to assert his boundaries but he had already fallen into Zeevanka's love.
"Zee, I'm sorry for presumptuously taking your kiss yesterday. Let's just say that yesterday was just an incident. So you don't have to be shy with me. Just move on with your life," Niel said softly.
Zee gave him a look that could not be interpreted. The woman's face looked rather sad and disappointed. Niel didn't know why Zee could show such a look when just a few days ago Zee still showed the side of a strong, seductive woman despite knowing that Niel already had a girlfriend.
"W-what? You want to take that kiss for granted?" asked Zee with an incredulous look.
Now it was Niel who was confused. Shouldn't he be? After all, Zee had been teasing him lately for fun and loneliness. So why would Zee be that sad?
"Haish. Yes, Zee. I know we have our own lives. So, no need to come to me anymore."
Plak!
Zee suddenly slapped him hard on the cheek. It was so hard that Niel felt a sting in his jaw as if his cheek was being skinned. Why did Zee slap him? What Niel said was too much.
"Damn you, Niel! After you hurt me by cheating on me, do you still think my love is a joke?" Zee protested with watery eyes.
Niel worked his eyes in confusion. Niel mentioned cheating? When? Wasn't it natural for him to have a new girlfriend after Zee's untimely marriage?
"What cheating, Zee? You left me to get married first. So what's wrong if I go out with Intan? Do I have to be single for the rest of my life while you're happy with your husband?" Niel protested unhappily.
Zee could only cry when she remembered Niel hugging another woman in front of her eyes. After that, Zee gave up and chose to flee the country on the pretext of marriage.
"Zeevanka! What are you doing? Niel? So that jerk who hurt you is Niel?" shouted a woman Niel knew well.
Niel's eyes widened as he saw Edward's mother approaching while shouting so. The woman clearly mentioned Zee's name. Did these two people know each other?
"Mama," Zeevanka whispered as she ran towards her mother.
She did not expect that Mama would come to them. However, Zee was also relieved to have a place to lean on from her heartache. Even though she argued with her mother last night in defense of Niel, she was right, Niel was a jerk.
Niel himself was even more confused when he heard Zee call Edward's mom 'Mama'. Where she cried in Edward's mama's arms so sadly too.
"Oh my God, sweetheart. Don't cry. That bastard doesn't deserve your tears," her mother said soothingly to Zee.
She turned to stare at Niel with a mountain of hatred as she raged, "You insolent man! Already cheated on me, still hurting Zee who has been defending you until now. Aren't you ashamed?"
Niel was confused as to why these two women were calling him cheating. In fact, cheating when, anyway? Didn't Niel only date Intan long after she left?
"An affair?" Niel stammered.
"You know, what you did ruined my son's future. After he saw you hugging your mistress, he was devastated to the point of asking to move abroad so he wouldn't see your naive face. It turns out that you are too much. You made her not want to get married and live alone for years in a foreign country!"
Instantly, Niel was stunned. Zee had never been married? And when did Niel hug a woman? Ah, was it when he hugged his girlfriend who was heartbroken because Niel rejected her? So, that was when Zee saw him?
Niel hurriedly ran over to Zee but Zee's mom gave the code not to come any closer. With difficulty, Niel tried to convince her, "Zee, so you accidentally saw me hugging another woman? She wasn't my affair, Zee. She was just a classmate who liked me. At that time she had expressed her feelings to me but I rejected her because you were my only lover. No wonder after that you suddenly said you wanted to marry abroad. Don't you know how much it hurt me to see you suddenly leave me?"
Zee's sobs instantly stopped when she heard the explanation from Niel's point of view. Unfortunately, his mother was reluctant to believe him and impatiently pulled Zee to follow her lead.
"Argh! You don't need to believe that kind of bullshit! We better go home and never meet that guy again!" she shouted sternly.
Zee, who was pulled so hard, whimpered as she resisted her mother because she seemed to realize something. Namely, the hope in their relationship.
"Mama, please let Zee go, Ma. Zee wants to talk to Niel first," Zee rebelled, to which his mother did not respond.
Niel could see Zee's determination not to lose her just like that. So, Niel ran over and grabbed his aunt's hand and squatted down while lowering his self-esteem as low as possible.
"Niel!" shrieked Mama Zee who was shocked to death.